'Ring of Fire'

'Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash' is now on stage at the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts.

We've had movies about Johnny Cash, ballets about Johnny Cash, TV shows about Johnny Cash. So why not a musical about him? "Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash" had a brief and not-so-successful run on Broadway. But then, Manhattan really isn't Cash country.

Everywhere else, this show - created by Richard Maltby Jr. ("Ain't Misbehavin'") - has been a hit. Less a biography than a revealing musical revue, "Johnny Cash" covers many different eras of Cash's storied music career.

There are hits, of course. But there also are some musical pieces from less-well-known corners of his life.